Students create their own digital books; can integrate images, text, read the story or computer read. Convert story as a PDF to email or print.
Puppet Pals
$1.99 *
Polished Play, LLC
Comprehension Writing Fluency
Students create their own puppet show using characters. Students can change backgrounds, record voices, and upload pictures.
Tic Tac Toe Phonics
Free
Lakeshore
Phonics
Students build language skills in a fast-paced game of tic-tac-toe! Fun, interactive game explores vowel sounds, syllables and more.
Word Bingo
$.99
ABCya.com
Word Recognition
Uses Dolch Word List
Listen to the word the BINGO Bug speaks and tap on the corresponding word on the screen. Get four words correct vertically, horizontally or diagonally to get BINGO and win!
Word Wizard
$2.99
L’Escapadou
Phonics Spelling
Word Wizard is a unique app that lets kids hear the sounds of letters and words using a talking movable alphabet. Featuring advanced text to speech capabilities, the app can pronounce and spell-check an unlimited number
of original words built using the movable alphabet.
Word Magic
$.99
Anusen Inc
Phonics
A picture is shown and the kids should select the missing letter for the picture. The picture for the word will be read out. There are three flavors. Based on the kids level,
you can choose missing letter at the beginning or in the middle or in the last.
Kids Book Report
$.99
Nth Fusion LLC
Comprehension
The book report app enables kids to write following details:
-- book information
-- title, author
-- when and where the story takes place,
-- who are the main characters
-- what was the main problem
-- what was the solution
-- How does the kid like the book
Toontastic
Free
Launchpad Toys
Writing
Kids can draw, animate, and share their own cartoons. Teaches storytelling principals,
Brainpop Featured Movie
Free
Brainpop
Grammar Skill instruction
Gives free movies and if you log in it also lets you watch more.
Screenchomp
Free
TechSmith Corporation
Resource
Gives the ability to create tutorials for students to view. You can create a lesson, save it, and have students watch it at a later date for review.
Rover
Free
iSwifterlearn Inc.
Resource
This app streams educational Flash content to the iPad
ABC Print and Cursive
Free
Brain Counts
Handwriting
The free version gives some letters. In order to get all letters, you need to purchase the app. Good for handwriting practice. Available in both print and cursive.
Build a Story
$3.99
Girl’s World Pty. Ltd.
Writing
Pre-drawn pages to get students started. Allows you to upload the story on the company Facebook page.
My Spelling Test
$.99
Seventh Sense LLC
Spelling
Intro to Letters
$4.99
Montessorium
Phonics Writing
Trace, read, write, and record letter sounds and phonograms.
Alpha Writer
$4.99
Montessorium
Writing Word building Phonics
Compose words and stories. Illustrations built into app that can be used to create stories.
Teach Me
$1.99
24X7 digital LLC
All Skills based on grade level. Includes mathematics.
Available for Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade
SentenceBuilder
$5.99
Mobile Education Tools
Grammar
Use to help kids practice making grammatically correct sentences. Students are given a multi-wheel picker with different words to make a sentence to match the picture.
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My World Wall
$1.99
Emantras
Vocabulary
Sight words and word family. Good for beginning readers.
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Wordventure
Free *
In A Day Development
Grammar
This application acts like MadLibs. This needs to be used with higher-level readers.
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Gopher Finding Sight Words by Playsmart Kids
$2.99
PlaySmart-Kids
Vocabulary
Good for Kindergarten-Third Grade. Leveled App
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Free
Google Search
Resource
This is a great reference tool to do researcher searchers with students because they can verbal say the topic they want to search.
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Free *
Early Ascent, LLC
Phonics Comprehension Vocabulary
Recognizing letters
Tracing letters
Building words
Identifying words
Reading words
Tracing words
Reading short sentences This app has one free lesson but other lessons available in-app purchase
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ABC Phonics Word Family
Free
Abitalk
Phonics
Children practice beginning and ending sounds, word families, short vowels, and match words with images.
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ABC Circus-Letters Handwriting
Free *
Joy Preschool Games
Writing
Trace letters App gives the letter sound and name. In order to get full-version need to upgrade with in-app purchase.
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Read Me Stories
Free
8interactive
Comprehension
Free sample books Text highlights as read
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ABC Zoo: Writer Free
Free *
Raul Riera
Handwriting Writing
Trace Letters
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Reading for Kids- I like Reading Picture Books
Free
GrasshopperApps.com
Comprehension Reading Fluency Read
Picture books for students
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Glow Draw
Free
Indigo Penguin Limited
Phonics Spelling Writing Word building
Write spelling words Use to dictate and write phonetic words
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Sight Words 2
Free *
eFlashApps, LLC
Vocabulary
1st and 2nd grade levels word bingo memory game hard and easy level
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Anagram Twist- Jumble and Unscramble Text
Free
OmNom Apps
Spelling Vocabulary
Shuffle and arrange letters to form words
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Chicktionary 300
Free
Blockdot, INC
Spelling Vocabulary
Students practice their word building skills and vocabulary as they get the chickens to use their eggs to make words.
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iStorybooks
Free
iMarvel
Comprehension
A wide range of stories available.
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Grammar Dragon
Free
NRCC Games
Grammar
Practice grammar by playing this game. The player needs to free their friends while practicing.
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Free
Pearson Eduction, INC
Grammar
Teaches part of speech in a manner useful for grades 1-5. There are songs that explain the part of speech, and a quick drill and skill activity.
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Doodle Buddy
Free
Pinger, INC
Writing Phonics Spelling Word building
Another great app to practice handwriting, spelling, and phonic skills
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ABC Magic Phonics
Free
Preschool University
Phonics
Learn sounds of letters and letter practice
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LAZ Reader
Free
Language Technologies
Comprehension Reading Fluency
Many of these available- free leveled books
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K12 Timed Reading Practice
Free *
K12 Inc.
Fluency
K-4 practice fluency
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Mad Libs
Free
Peguin Group USA
Grammar Writing
Practice grammar and words with this word game.
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Sight Words Kids Learn
Free
Teacher Created Materials
Vocabulary Fluency Spelling Comprehension
Hear the words, practice writing the words, recognize letters, record the words in playback, use words in activities
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Free
Keep Creative Solutions
Resource
This app is a great resource to finding free apps. Some developers offer their apps free for a fee days. This app lets you know what apps are free.
Sock puppets
Free *
Smith Micro Software, Inc.; Consumer Division
Writing
Create a sock puppet play. Add props and background.
Apps to Support Language Arts in Elementary
=Pictello=
Writing
Fluency
Puppet Pals
*
Writing
Fluency
Tic Tac Toe Phonics
Word Bingo
Listen to the word the BINGO Bug speaks and tap on the corresponding word on the screen. Get four words correct vertically, horizontally or diagonally to get BINGO and win!
Word Wizard
Spelling
of original words built using the movable alphabet.
Word Magic
you can choose missing letter at the beginning or in the middle or in the last.
Kids Book Report
-- book information
-- title, author
-- when and where the story takes place,
-- who are the main characters
-- what was the main problem
-- what was the solution
-- How does the kid like the book
Toontastic
Skill instruction
Screenchomp
Free
TechSmith Corporation
Resource
Rover
Free
iSwifterlearn Inc.
Resource
ABC Print and Cursive
Build a Story
My Spelling Test
Intro to Letters
Writing
Alpha Writer
Word building
Phonics
Teach Me
SentenceBuilder
My World Wall
Wordventure
*
Gopher Finding Sight Words by
Playsmart Kids
*
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Tracing letters
Building words
Identifying words
Reading words
Tracing words
Reading short sentences
This app has one free lesson but other lessons available in-app purchase
ABC Phonics Word Family
ABC Circus-Letters Handwriting
*
App gives the letter sound and name.
In order to get full-version need to upgrade with in-app purchase.
Read Me Stories
Text highlights as read
ABC Zoo: Writer Free
*
Reading for Kids- I like Reading Picture Books
Reading Fluency
Read
Glow Draw
Indigo Penguin Limited
Spelling
Writing
Word building
Use to dictate and write phonetic words
Sight Words 2
*
word bingo
memory game
hard and easy level
Anagram Twist- Jumble and Unscramble Text
Vocabulary
Chicktionary 300
Vocabulary
iStorybooks
Grammar Dragon
Doodle Buddy
Phonics
Spelling
Word building
ABC Magic Phonics
LAZ Reader
Reading Fluency
K12 Timed Reading Practice
*
Mad Libs
Writing
Sight Words Kids Learn
Fluency
Spelling
Comprehension
Sock puppets
*